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title: I am so angry with the Yellow Dwarf and the Fairy of the Desert that… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: I am so angry with the Yellow Dwarf and the Fairy of the Desert that I am not likely to wish to help them, especially since I constantly see your poor Princess, whose beauty and goodness make me pity her so much; and I tell you that if you will have confidence in me I will help you to escape.” Who a
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 27

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I am so angry with the Yellow Dwarf and the Fairy of the Desert that I am not likely to wish to help them, especially since I constantly see your poor Princess, whose beauty and goodness make me pity her so much; and I tell you that if you will have confidence in me I will help you to escape.”

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**Who acts:** I, Desert, poor Princess, me, you · **What happens:** be, not be, wish, help, see, make · **To what, where:** Dwarf, me, Princess, you, confidence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Desert, poor Princess, me), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg503:7:27
# text = I am so angry with the Yellow Dwarf and the Fairy of the Desert that I am not likely to wish to help them, especially since I constantly see your poor Princess, whose beauty and goodness make me pity her so much; and I tell you that if you will have confidence in me I will help you to escape.”
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
27	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	constantly	constantly	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
31	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
39	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	ccomp	_	_
40	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	pity	pity	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	_
42	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	much	much	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	48	iobj	_	_
50	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
51	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
52	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	advcl	_	_
55	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	54	obl	_	_
58	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	parataxis	_	_
61	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	60	obj	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | with the Yellow Dwarf and the Fairy of the Desert; angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | the Desert |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wish** | to-infinitive | the Desert *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Desert *not said here* | Dwarf |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **see** | present | I |  |  |  |  | constantly, especially *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **make** | present | your poor Princess | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **pity** | infinitive | me *not said here* | Princess |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 9 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | confidence |  |  |  | in me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Patient |
| 10 | **help** | future | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 11 | **escape** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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